Sky announces UK air date for Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom

Jeff Daniels stars as a cable show news anchor, who, together with his staff sets out to put on a news show “in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements.”

The ten part series was created by Oscar winner Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, The West Wing) and also stars former Skins actor Dev Patel, Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, John Gallagher, Jr., Olivia Munn, Thomas Sadoski and Sam Waterston.

The News Night team is led by anchor and managing editor Will McAvoy (Daniels) and his new executive producer MacKenzie McHale (Mortimer).